Saturday, June 25, 2011
Grandmother banned after pitch invasion
A great-grandma has been banned from Leeds United for 12 months after she went onto the pitch.
Margaret ‘Mags’ Musgrove was handed the automatic ban and had her season ticket seized after she went onto the grass at Elland Road during the last game of the season against Burnley in May.
TV footage shows her stepping out of the North Stand and approaching players with her arms in the air.
But club stewards then grab 5ft 4in-tall Margaret and hauled her into the club’s holding cells.
She was arrested by police but later released without charge.
Now the 63-year-old, who has 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, is pleading with the club’s bosses to reduce the punishment.
She also claims to be owed hundreds of pounds after paying instalments towards the 2011/12 senior citizens’ season ticket which costs from £363.
Margaret said: “It’s not like I am a hooligan. People who do much worse than this get the same ban.
“A suspension from a few games would have hurt, but I already feel like I have been punished enough.”
Asked what she intended to do when she ran towards the players, Margaret added: “I just wanted to shout, ‘Lads, I love you’.
“I had my Leeds United bag across my chest and a United flag tied around my waste. It was hardly threatening.”
She added: “I’ve followed Leeds for years - I just got carried away.
“I don’t go out, Leeds United is my social life.”
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